Guillemot

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Guillemot \Guil"le*mot`\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
     One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They
     have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and
     swimmers.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus
           {Uria} (as {U. troile}); the black or foolish guillemot
           ({Cepphus grylle}, formerly {Uria grylle}), is called
           also {sea pigeon} and {eligny}. See {Murre}.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  guillemot
       n : small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas